In the story, the Times revealed this juicy nugget: Faceboook
M&A guy Vaughan Smith says that when Facebook is deciding
what to pay for a startup "engineers are worth half a million to
one million."

So now we know: If Facebook were to end up buying group-texting
startup Groupme, it will probably pay $7 million to $13 million.
We know that's not what those guys want to be when they grow-up,
but it's not a horrible fall-back plan.